ntfs mount in fstab says invalid

BW-userx · 01-21-2019, 09:06 PM

I get the invalid mount whenever i try to access my ntfs partition used for data storage.

Code:

The specified directory '/media/ntfs1' is not valid

I opened gparted and look and get the info message

Code:

Unable to read the contents of this file system!
Because of this some operations may be unavailable.
The cause might be a missing software package.
The following list of software packages is required for ntfs file system support:  ntfs-3g / ntfsprogs.

ntfs-3g is installed,

Code:

$ sudo apt install ntfsprogs
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Package ntfsprogs is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'ntfsprogs' has no installation candidate

is what I get for ntfsprogs,

fstab

Code:

  GNU nano 2.7.4                                            File: /etc/fstab                                                      

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>       <dump>  <pass>
# / was on /dev/sdb9 during installation
UUID=d503b79c-4d4c-4997-9513-5c3faef6e50d /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /home was on /dev/sdb10 during installation
UUID=bd1f1e95-73e2-42e8-89a4-152d0e1ea1d6 /home           ext4    defaults        0       2

UUID=2d6a4d00-106e-4402-91c4-329a1bbcee85 /media/data1    ext4  defaults 0 1
#UUID=591D9C6C566EEE1C                     /media/ntfs1    ntfs-3g  defaults 0 1
/dev/sda2                     /media/ntfs1    ntfs-3g  defaults 0 1

both mount method give me the same error.

I have not used Debian since before systemD, this has always worked for me in mounting ntfs. so what am I doing wrong?

RandomTroll · 01-21-2019, 09:46 PM

What does

Code:

apropos ntfs

return?

Code:

man ntfsprogs

? It sounds as though you have an old package that doesn't work interfering with the installation of an up-to-date package that would.

BW-userx · 01-22-2019, 06:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandomTroll

What does

Code:

apropos ntfs

return?

Code:

man ntfsprogs

? It sounds as though you have an old package that doesn't work interfering with the installation of an up-to-date package that would.

retrun

Code:

$ apropos ntfs
filesystems (5)      - Linux filesystem types: ext, ext2, ext3, ext4, hpfs, iso9660, JFS, minix, msdos, ncpfs nfs, ntfs, proc, Reiserfs, smb, sysv, umsdos, vfat, XFS, xiafs,
fs (5)               - Linux filesystem types: ext, ext2, ext3, ext4, hpfs, iso9660, JFS, minix, msdos, ncpfs nfs, ntfs, proc, Reiserfs, smb, sysv, umsdos, vfat, XFS, xiafs,
lowntfs-3g (8)       - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
mkfs.ntfs (8)        - create an NTFS file system
mkntfs (8)           - create an NTFS file system
mount.lowntfs-3g (8) - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
mount.ntfs (8)       - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
mount.ntfs-3g (8)    - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
ntfs-3g (8)          - Third Generation Read/Write NTFS Driver
ntfs-3g.probe (8)    - Probe an NTFS volume mountability
ntfscat (8)          - print NTFS files and streams on the standard output
ntfsclone (8)        - Efficiently clone, image, restore or rescue an NTFS
ntfscluster (8)      - identify files in a specified region of an NTFS volume.
ntfscmp (8)          - compare two NTFS filesystems and tell the differences
ntfscp (8)           - copy file to an NTFS volume.
ntfsdecrypt (8)      - decrypt or update NTFS files encrypted according to EFS
ntfsfallocate (8)    - preallocate space to a file on an NTFS volume
ntfsfix (8)          - fix common errors and force Windows to check NTFS
ntfsinfo (8)         - dump a file's attributes
ntfslabel (8)        - display/change the label on an ntfs file system
ntfsls (8)           - list directory contents on an NTFS filesystem
ntfsprogs (8)        - tools for doing neat things with NTFS
ntfsrecover (8)      - Recover updates committed by Windows on an NTFS volume
ntfsresize (8)       - resize an NTFS filesystem without data loss
ntfssecaudit (8)     - NTFS Security Data Auditing
ntfstruncate (8)     - truncate a file on an NTFS volume
ntfsundelete (8)     - recover a deleted file from an NTFS volume.
ntfsusermap (8)      - NTFS Building a User Mapping File
ntfswipe (8)         - overwrite unused space on an NTFS volume

after install of this live cinnamon I did a dist-upgrade.

I started gparted to get a quick look to see if I was getting that error still, and NO it was not there, I did not have it to mount in fstab, so I opened fstab and haiving found this way of writting it too, I implemented it.

Code:

UUID=7B25FA8C1AFCB7A9  /media/ntfs1 ntfs-3g permissions,auto 0 0


$ sudo mount -a
Using default user mapping

it did not show up in my file manager so I used the terminal.

Code:

userx@debiansucks:~
$ cd /media
userx@debiansucks:/media
$ ls
cdrom  data1  ntfs1  userx
userx@debiansucks:/media
$ cd ntfs1
userx@debiansucks:/media/ntfs1
$ ls
userx@debiansucks:/media/ntfs1
$ touch hereIam
userx@debiansucks:/media/ntfs1
$ ls
hereIam

so I think for whatever reason, it is working now(?).

BW-userx · 01-22-2019, 07:11 AM

OK I forgot I formated it and didn't relabel it, so i didn't see the ntfs1 and thought it was not showing up. all's good .. have no idea why.